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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail line opens in western Sydney
AUSTRALIA: The L4 light rail line serving Parramatta in western Sydney opened on December 20, with simultaneous first departures from the Westmead and Carlingford termini at 05.00. The 12 km line serves destinations including the Westmead Health Precinct, CommBank Stadium — home of the National Rugby ...
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Metro Report InternationalAirport metro platform screen door contract
AUSTRALIA: ST Engineering Urban Solutions is to supply its AGIL platform screen doors for the Western Sydney Airport metro line, the Singapore-based company announced on November 30. ST Engineering is to deliver 54 sets of full-height platform screen doors and another 54 sets of a half-height ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney rail to metro conversion confirmed
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has committed to completing the conversion of Sydney’s T3 Bankstown Line from a suburban railway to an automated metro, as the final section of the City & Southwest Metro project. When the current state government was elected in March, it ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Parramatta light rail vehicle delivered
AUSTRALIA: The first tram for the Parramatta light rail line which is currently under construction in western Sydney was delivered to Port Kembla on December 10. CAF is supplying 13 seven-section 45·4 m long light rail vehicles with a capacity of 425 passengers. The trams will ...
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Metro Report InternationalNSW commits to Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has confirmed A$602·4m of funding to enable the start of detailed planning and preliminary works for Stage 2 of the Parramatta Light Rail project in western Sydney. Tracklaying was recently completed for the 12 km, 16-stop Stage 1 connecting Westmead ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney airport metro surface works contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Sydney Metro has awarded the second main construction contract for the 23 km Western Sydney Airport automated metro line.
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Metro Report InternationalSydney tenders western airport metro works
AUSTRALIA: Prequalification has started for a second package of civil engineering works on the planned metro line to serve the future Western Sydney International Airport and the proposed Western Parkland City. Construction of the new international airport is already underway. Sydney Metro ...
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Sydney Metro
Single line opened 2019, serving 13 stations. See Sydney network map. Construction of the North West Metro began in 2008 following proposals for a metro line in the early-2000s. The project was then cancelled in February 2010, but a change of government revived the project in a new form in ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail project approved
AUSTRALIA: The first stage of the Parramatta light rail project has received planning approval, Transport for New South Wales announced on May 30. ‘This is an exciting time for the people of Parramatta and for visitors to this fantastic part of Sydney’, said NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail shortlists announced
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance announced shortlisted bidders to build and operate Stage 1 of the Parramatta light rail project on November 22. Two bidders have been shortlisted for the civil works contract: John Holland, and a joint venture of CPB ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail Stage 2 plans announced
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced its preferred route for the second phase of the Parramatta light rail project on October 18. The 9 km preferred route would extend the network to Sydney Olympic Park, diverging from Stage 1 near Rydalmere and running north of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail project scope revised
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Transport & Infrastructure Minister Andrew Constance announced the preferred route for the revised Parramatta light rail project on February 17. The first phase is now expected to link Westmead with Carlingford via central Parramatta and Camellia, replacing the ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta Light Rail infrastructure adviser appointed
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has appointed Arup as its infrastructure technical adviser for the Parramatta Light Rail project in western Sydney. Arup said it would provide support across all technical disciplines and urban design aspirations for the corridor. Intended to support a predicted westwards shift ...
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NewsParramatta light rail route chosen
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Premier Mike Baird, Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance and Minister for Planning Rob Stokes announced the preferred route for the Parramatta Light Rail project on December 8. The 22 km line in the western suburbs of Sydney is intended to connect Westmead and Strathfield ...
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NewsFour Parramatta light rail routes shortlisted
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian and Parramatta MP Geoff Lee announced the shortlist for the Parramatta light rail route in western Sydney on October 27. The NSW government announced 10 corridors in June, and has now shortlisted four of these for detailed engineering, ...
